UGA could be 3rd school to have No. 1 pick in MLB, NFL, NBA

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LSU and UCLA are the only two schools to have a No. 1 overall pick in baseball, basketball and football. LSU has Shaquille O’Neal 1992 NBA draft. Ben McDonald 1989 MLB draft and Billy Cannon 1960 NFL draft.

UCLA did it with Gerrit Cole 2011 MLB draft. Troy Aikman 1989 NFL draft and Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1969 NBA draft.

If the Cleveland Guardians, who own the No. 1 pick in this year’s MLB draft, take Condon, it would be the 1st UGA Baseball #1. Then in just last 5 years you got Anthony Edwards 2020 NBA draft. Travon Walker 2022 NFL draft.

The Bulldogs have had five NFL players taken with the No. 1 overall pick: Frank Sinkwich (1943), Charley Trippi (1945), Harry Babcock (1953), Matthew Stafford (2009) and Walker (2022). Only USC (six) has had more No. 1 overall NFL draft picks.

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Georgia’s highest-drafted Bulldog in baseball is John Henderson, a No. 4 overall pick by the Chicago Cubs in 1975. Emerson Hancock, the No. 6 overall pick in 2020 by the Seattle Mariners, is the most recent first-round pick from UGA.

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Good deal, Thanks TRD, Right ON!!!!!